Mondays, noon - 2:00 pm ET, Mandorichard plays bluegrass, old-time, and western swing on WNHU, broadcasting from the University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, at 88.7 FM and on the WNHU stream at www.wnhu.net. The show usually repeats online Thursdays, 10pm-midnight ET, on the WNHU2 stream at www.wnhu.net.

But there's plenty of other good music in today's show, too. I always crack up when the Stanley Brothers do their "turn the cow" routine. . . . And, yes, in the last half-hour, you indeed hear what bluegrass sounds like in Dutch. The show also includes a track from Randy Burns who used to sing all over Southern CT but now plies his trade in New York. As I was digitizing old records a couple of weeks ago, I ran across a Wild Aspargus LP--and yes, they are still playing for contra dances in Western MA and occasionally across the US. And the show closes down with one of my favorite Louvin Brothers' Songs. So I hope it has a little something for everyone!

Thanks, as always, for your support.

Artist / Song / Album / Label / Date / Notes

Don Stover / Black Diamond / Things in Life / Rounder / 1972 / Theme

Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys / The Prisoner’s Song / 25 Years of Strictly Country Music / Strictly Country / 1981, 1996 / Recorded in Holland.

Blue Moon Rising / The Old Time Preacher / On The Rise / Lonesome Day / 2005

The Stanley Brothers / How Far to Little Rock? / The Best of the Stanley Brothers / Starday / c. 1960, 1975

The Hot Mud Family / Somewhere Down Below the Dixon Line / The Complete Vetco Recordings / self / 1978, 2010 / Best as I can tell, the former bandmates have the rights to these tracks and have issued this collection themselves.